THINK WORK requires students solve problems. It's more active than "Seat Work."
MY PINTEREST ENGAGEMENT BOARD Dylan Williams Video - testimonial to the power of teaching students to think about their thinking. Added 8/30/13. The Genius Hour - Presentation on teaching students to be thinkers Passing Notes - Teacher Channel Video 5 Crafts Boys Will Like - very cool ABCYA - games Animoto Book Report By a 5th grader on Blue by Joyce Hofstetter This kind of inventive work takes thought and planning, and it's fun! Caine's Arcadei say, Let the children invent! Get out the kleenex... Concept Driven Learning - video and activities to show an example of think work Honda Commercial Rube Goldberg style. 607 tries to make this machine work right. 606 times something went wrong. All parts of a Honda car were incorporated into the video Okay Go: Rube Goldberg machine. Goldberg was a cartoonist at the turn on the century who drew elaborate pictures that accomplished simple things. Rock Group, Okay Go, put this video together. You have to see it to believe it! 27 million hits on YouTube when I posted. Jill Thompson's Wiki - technology projects students can do. The Next Mozart? - Is this child in your classroom? 100 High Frequency Words read by a student - Your kids could make a video, too! How to Turn Your Classroom Into an Idea Factory - Mindshift Dance - WE NEED THE ARTS!
Teacher-Directed THINK WORK
MY FAVORITE NO - Teacher takes answers that are wrong and explains what's right about them. Thinking Routines - protocols to coach students to think creatively and productively. Reading Goals - Video interview with student who explains her reading goal Learning About Learning - training students to be better observers of their learning - VIDEO of Dylan William
Protocols Added 7/29/13 Ordered Sharing A conversation protocol that initiates and sustains a field of listening, giving every participant a chance to speak without being interrupted. Four A Text ProtocolThis conversational protocol provides a framework for groups to use when co-reflecting upon a journal article, book chapter, or even a video or audio presentation.
THINK WORK requires students solve problems. It's more active than "Seat Work."
MY PINTEREST ENGAGEMENT BOARDDylan Williams Video - testimonial to the power of teaching students to think about their thinking. Added 8/30/13.
The Genius Hour - Presentation on teaching students to be thinkers
Passing Notes - Teacher Channel Video
5 Crafts Boys Will Like - very cool
ABCYA - games
Animoto Book Report By a 5th grader on Blue by Joyce Hofstetter This kind of inventive work takes thought and planning, and it's fun!
Caine's Arcade i say, Let the children invent! Get out the kleenex...
Concept Driven Learning - video and activities to show an example of think work
Honda Commercial Rube Goldberg style. 607 tries to make this machine work right. 606 times something went wrong. All parts of a Honda car were incorporated into the video
Okay Go: Rube Goldberg machine. Goldberg was a cartoonist at the turn on the century who drew elaborate pictures that accomplished simple things. Rock Group, Okay Go, put this video together. You have to see it to believe it! 27 million hits on YouTube when I posted.
Jill Thompson's Wiki - technology projects students can do.
The Next Mozart? - Is this child in your classroom?
100 High Frequency Words read by a student - Your kids could make a video, too!
How to Turn Your Classroom Into an Idea Factory - Mindshift
Dance - WE NEED THE ARTS!
Teacher-Directed THINK WORK
MY FAVORITE NO - Teacher takes answers that are wrong and explains what's right about them.Thinking Routines - protocols to coach students to think creatively and productively.
Reading Goals - Video interview with student who explains her reading goal
Learning About Learning - training students to be better observers of their learning - VIDEO of Dylan William
Protocols Added 7/29/13
Ordered Sharing A conversation protocol that initiates and sustains a field of listening, giving every participant a chance to speak without being interrupted.
Four A Text Protocol This conversational protocol provides a framework for groups to use when co-reflecting upon a journal article, book chapter, or even a video or audio presentation.